Apparatus for wetting paper



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MOSES S. BEACH, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

APPARATUS FOR WETTING PAPER.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MOSES S. BEACH, of the city ol Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of `New York, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Wetting Paper; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and us-e my invention I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

The object of my invention is to wet paper in rolls or endless sheets for use in printing presses in which the paper is supplied from such rolls or endless sheets.

The accompanying drawings represent one of the methods of applying it.

Figure l is asectional view of a wetting machine at the red line ce, in Fig. 2, and Fig. 2 is ayertical view of the machine.

A is a roller around which the dry paper (indicated by red lines) is first placed.

B is a small roller over which the paper passes and upon which it is wet on its Way to the roller C upon which it is wound after being wet..

D is a tank of water having a projecting lip or table Z on one Side.

22,009, dated November 9, 1858.

E is a piece of iannel, (represented by blue lines) a part of which is immersed in the tank I), and the rest spread over the lip d of the tank D and upon the paper on roller B. Motion is given to the machine by a crank or pulley attached to roller C.

The operation of the machine consists simply in winding the paper olf from roller A upon the roller C the water passing by capillary attraction, through the liannel and depositing itself upon the paper, while it is passing the roller B. The quantity of Water is regulated by elevating or depressing the lip attached to the tank D. Other kinds of cloth may be used to effect the same purpose but I nd flannel best adapted. The flannel may also rest upon a roller instead of upon the paper and the roller communicate the water to the paper, but I prefer the direct method shown in the drawings.

lVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The employment of the cloth arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes described.

M. S. BEACH.

Witnesses:

JAMES Gr. COOPER, J. HALLERDAN. 

